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Mahommedrasul Majidov (Azerbaijani: Məhəmmədrəsul Məcidov) (born 27 September 1986) is an Azerbaijani professional boxer. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and gold at the 2011, 2013 and 2017 World Championships, all in the super heavyweight division.

Magomedrasul Majidov
Statistics
Real name	Magomedrasul Medzhidov
Weight class	Heavyweight
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Born	(1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 35) Akushinsky, Dagestan, Russia
Boxing record[1]
Total fights	4
Wins	3
Wins by KO	3
Losses	1
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Super Heavyweight World Amateur Championships 2011 Baku Super Heavyweight 2013 Almaty Super Heavyweight 2017 Hamburg Super Heavyweight European Amateur Championships 2013 Minsk Super Heavyweight European Games Baku 2015 Super Heavyweight Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku Super Heavyweight

Amateur career

At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships the hard hitting Majidov stopped Uzbek Sardor Abdullayev in the round of 16 and Cuban favorite Erislandy Savon who he dropped heavily in the quarter-finals. In the semis he beat Kazakh Ivan Dychko 16:9. In the final he edged out Englishman Anthony Joshua 22:21.[2]

At the 2012 Olympics he stopped Meji Mwamba and European champion Magomed Omarov from Russia 17:14 and looked on his way to beat defending champion Roberto Cammarelle, he was leading 8:6 after the first round but the Italian fought back to win 13:12 and Majidov won bronze.[3]

Majidov started the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships with two 3-0 wins over Lenroy Thompson of the United States in the second round, and Magomed Omarov of Russia in the quarter-finals. He continued on to beat Roberto Cammarelle in the semi-finals, with a knockdown gained for Majidov in the first round from a big right hand. Despite getting a warning point, he won the bout 3-0 and advanced to the final. In the final, Ivan Dychko of Kazakhstan started brighter, winning the first two rounds on all the judges' scorecards. However, near the beginning of the third round, a knockdown soon followed by another gave Majidov the victory by knockout, and the gold medal.[4]

Magomedrasul started the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships with two 5-0 wins over Satish Kumar of the India in the first round, and Hussein Ishaish of Jordan in the second round. In quarterfinals Majidov wins 3-2 Djamili-Dini Aboudou of France and semifinals he wins Joseph Goodall of Australia and advanced to the final. In the final, Magomedrasul Majidov fight Kamshybek Kunkabayev of Kazakhstan and gave the victory 4-1 and the gold medal. With this victory, he became the world champion for the third time in super heavyweight.[5]

Professional career

In September 2019 it was announced Majidov had signed a promotional deal with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing USA and would make his professional debut on 13 September 2019, Ed Fountain at Madison Square Garden in New York. The fight was aired live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US as part of the undercard for Devin Haney vs. Zaur Abdullaev.[6][7][8] Majidov won the fight via fourth-round technical knockout (TKO).[9]

In April 2021, Majidov suffered the first defeat of his career in his fourth fight when he was stopped in the first round by Andrey Fedosov, who dropped Majidov twice despite fighting for the first time in 30 months. Majidov twisted his ankle after the first knockdown, and needed to be carried out of the ring on a stretcher with an ankle support boot on after the second.[10]

Professional boxing record

4 fights	3 wins	1 loss
By knockout	3	1

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
4	Loss	3–1	Andrey Fedosov	KO	1 (10), 1:24	17 Apr 2021	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, US
3	Win	3–0	Sahret Delgado	TKO	3 (8), 0:40	27 Nov 2020	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, US
2	Win	2–0	Tom Little	TKO	2 (8), 1:49	7 Dec 2019	Diriyah Arena, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
1	Win	1–0	Ed Fountain	TKO	4 (6), 2:41	13 Sep 2019	Madison Square Garden Theater, New York City, New York, US

References

External links

• Boxing record for Magomedrasul Majidov from BoxRec (registration required)
• Magomedrasul Majidov at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Magomedrasul Majidov at the International Olympic Committee

На других языках

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- [en] Magomedrasul Majidov

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[fr] Magomedrasul Majidov

Magomedrasul Majidov est un boxeur azerbaïdjanais né le 27 septembre 1986.

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[it] Məhəmmədrəsul Məcidov

Məhəmmədrəsul Yusub oğlu Məcidov (in russo: Магомедрасул Юсуб оглы Меджидов?; Daghestan, 27 settembre 1986) è un pugile azero, già rappresentante la Russia, e vincitore della medaglia d'oro nella categoria dei pesi supermassimi ai mondiali di pugilato dilettanti del 2011 e del 2013.

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[ru] Меджидов, Магомедрасул Юсуб оглы

Магомедрасул Юсупович Меджидов (азерб. Məhəmmədrəsul Yusub oğlu Məcidov; род. 27 сентября 1986, Урхучимахи, Акушинский район, Дагестанская АССР, СССР) — азербайджанский боксёр-профессионал, выступавший в тяжёлой весовой категории. Заслуженный мастер спорта Азербайджана, член национальной сборной Азербайджана (2009—2017), бронзовый призёр Олимпийские игры 2012 года, участник Олимпийских игр 2016 года, трёхкратный чемпион мира (2011, 2013, 2017), чемпион Европы (2013) в любителях.

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